Tatsyana Tsishekvich has told to the Charter\u201997 press-center about the court.<\/p>\n
– Tatsyana, how have you received the verdict of the Tsentralny court to you?<\/p>\n
– Frankly speaking, at that moment I have been thinking more about the verdict to Andrei Kim, and how his mother felt. Her heart is so heavy now. And it is unclear why some participants of the trial were so happy after the trial.<\/p>\n
As for the verdict, I have been expecting something of the kind. It was clear that all of us won\u2019t be sent to prison, but we won\u2019t be acquitted either.<\/p>\n
I was certainly glad that Syarheeu and Kojpish were fined. Anton\u2019s parents worried and were nervous in the court.<\/p>\n
– What impression has the trail made on you?<\/p>\n
– The trial has been vividly characterized by the judge and journalists with one word \u2013 a circus. It all could be funny, if it were not so sad.<\/p>\n
– Where the witnesses of accusation convincing?<\/p>\n
– Public in the court room should be asked about that. Maybe testimony of the policemen that \u201cthe rally was held in Victors\u2019 Avenue\u201d and \u201cIts participants were drunk\u201d and \u201cthrew policemen under wheels of cars\u201d, that we organized \u201ca bacchanalia and outrages\u201d were persuasive for the judge. For any sane person these accusations are absurd.<\/p>\n
– To you mind, why Andrei Kim was treated so harsh?<\/p>\n
– Charges against Kim fell to pieces in front of our very eyes, when we were seeing video recordings. His lawyer confirmed his innocence fully. I expected that Andrei would be released in the court room, that he would be sentenced to correctional labour, or simply the term he had served in the remand prison would be considered.<\/p>\n
The verdict was a shock. Apparently the regime needs an example to intimidate young people. But by their actions they have created and example of how a real patriot of Belarus should act. Andrei\u2019s conduct during the trial was brilliant, he hasn\u2019t shown fear or lack of confidence by any word or gesture.<\/p>\n
– Solidarity actions were taking place near the court all the time. Was it an encouragement for you?<\/p>\n
– Certainly. It was a very serious support that friends and acquaintances were in the court room all the time. Solidarity is the thing the regime fears most. That is why they are trying to prevent displays of solidarity carefully. I was tried primarily for solidarity wit market vendors.<\/p>\n
Even when the court room was half-empty, or there were BRYU members there, we knew that dozens of our friends are outside, and it lifted our spirit even more.<\/p>\n
– Will your life change after the trial?<\/p>\n
– Certainly, I would have to be more careful, and restrict myself in many things. For instance, unfortunately, after such a verdict O won\u2019t be able to take part in street protests so often. However there many other directions n our work where I can apply my skills and experience. I won\u2019t sit doing nothing.<\/p>\n
– Will the verdict influence your values and priorities in life?<\/p>\n
– After the things I saw during the process, after the support I felt at the trial, I simply do not have a right to change my priorities. As for my values in life, they haven\u2019t been formed yesterday. They have gone through hardening by riot policemen\u2019s truncheons and cells of Akrestsin Street detention center. The hysterics of the judge and a verdict based on lies won\u2019t change them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tatsyana Tsishkevich: \u00abI have gone through hardening by riot policemen\u2019s truncheons and cells in Akrestsin Street detention center\u201d. An activist of the civil campaign \u201cEuropean Belarus\u201d Tatsyana Tsishkevich together with other participants of the Process of Fourteen has been sentenced to 2 years of correctional labour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":215460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europeanbelarus.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}